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The News N° 25
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As part of the twinning agreement, ledby the
FrenchMinistry of the Environment, between
theEuropeanUnionand the TunisianMinistry
of the Environment and focusing on institu-
tional support in the field of environmental
protection and sustainable development,
IOWater, in 2013 and 2014, provided
support for strengthening the Interna-
tional Center for Environmental Techno-
logies of Tunis (CITET).
In a first phase in 2013, experts from
IOWa-
ter
contributed toestablisha strategic assess-
ment (SWOT analysis, benchmarking, compe-
titive positioning, etc...), define areas for stra-
tegic development, develop
a business
development plan for ”CITET”
and orga-
nize a study tour in France.
In 2014,
IOWater
accompanied
”CITET”
on
operational actionswith experts’ missions to:
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Coach ”CITET” teams
on pollution
removal in industrial effluents (sugar refi-
nery...);
l
Support the establishment of a trai-
ning process
(training reference frames,
jobs, assessment and certification) on the
topic of ”Sampling and flowmeasure-
ments of industrial wastewater”;
l
Assess and support ”CITET” Docu-
mentation Service
(weekly newsletter,
web content management...).
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Tunisia
Support to CITETDevelopment
Governance of irrigated areas in north-central Tunisia
IOWater is involved with the Canal de
Provence Company in technical assis-
tance to the General Directorate of
Rural Engineering and Water Use
(DGGREE) of theMinistry of Agriculture
for the sustainability of irrigated areas
in five Governorates in central and nor-
thern Tunisia.
This project,which consists of an institutional
support to Agricultural Development Groups
(ADG) in Tunisia, is financed by ”AFD”with a
contribution from the French Rhone-Mediter-
ranean-CorsicaWater Agency.
IOWater is contributing in the assess-
ment of Public Irrigated Areas (PIA) by
carrying out field surveys,
involvingAgri-
cultural Development Groups (ADG) and the
Directorates of the Regional Agricultural
Development Commissions (RADC), and
more specifically in the organization of parti-
cipatory workshops in which stakeholders
talk about problems and difficulties they
encounter.
Workshopswere held in the fall of 2014:
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In the Governorate of Bizerte
on
the relationships between RADC and
ADGs, in which each participant was as-
ked to present the tasks that the other is
performing, as well as his own, then
wonder about the indicators they have in
common to objectify their assessments,
and finally share all the solutions that
they could implement. Themethod is ba-
sed on the Strengths-Weaknesses-Oppor-
tunities-Threats (SWOT) analysis associa-
ted with the adapted metaplan tech-
nique.
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In the Governorate of Kairouan,
as
the problem of resource scarcity is arising
in critical terms, the stakeholders have
chosen towork on the cost of infractions
by using role playing games featuring a
group of offenders and a group of mana-
gerswhomust respondwith suited tools.
The analysis of technical, organizational and
governance difficulties encountered on the
PIAs concerned should lead to an assessment
of needs and to a capacity building program
including awareness raising, the training of
trainers, professional managers, technicians
and managers, which will be implemented
during the second year of the project.
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Rural and Agricultural
Development
IOWater is participating in two new
projects in Tunisia under the ”Support
Program for public water resources
management policy for agricultural
and rural development (PAPS-Water)”
fundedby the EuropeanUnion.
The first project, aiming to provide
overall
technical assistance,
began in October
2014.
The second project
”Assessment of the
NationalWater SavingProgram (irriga-
tion)”
started inNovember 2014.
IOWater
is part of the Louis Berger/IOWa-
ter/SCET/CCMConsulting consortium,which
was selected to implement this project.
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Sidi Saâd dam reservoir
